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Plenty of Fish Charging User Fees?
A handful of emails and a few comments over at a blog post I wrote in March of 2009 (Pay To Be Serious at POF), led me to check out Plenty of Fish today. I’ll quote one reader by the name of Pete to explain:
“Effective today 12/6/10 in Vancouver BC, Plenty of Fish is now charging user fees for anyone wanting to communicate to each other from their website.”
Another user by the name of William copied and pasted the message he received when he tried to look at the list of folks visiting his dating profile page:
“To see if any user has Read or Deleted your messages you need 1 goldfish credit which works out to about 8 cents. 1 goldfish credit will unlock this feature permanently for all messages you have sent.”
So, I went to investigate. I tried sending messages – no problem. I tried looking at whose looked at my profile – no problem. Perhaps I have an old account, maybe only gents are targeted to pay, or perhaps it’s a test run. Either way, I wasn’t asked for credits.
How about you? Have you logged onto POF recently and been asked to pay for credits, accumulate credits, or get a membership? Should I remove Plenty of Fish from my top free dating site list?
***Update***: After a bit of sleuthing, I found the new credit system. It says that if you purchase credits, you’ll be able to see the status of your sent emails (read deleted, not read, etc.), purchase POF gifts, and “break the ice creatively”". Cost? $10.45 Canadian including GST for 100 credits, $19.90 for 215 credits, and $39.85 for 500 credits.
Related: How Do I Close My Account at Plenty of Fish?
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